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Stewarts Holiday Match

  Thank you to Stewart’s Holiday Match program, our Youth Care Management team was able to provide warm clothing for the youth in need they serve. We appreciate the generous donations members of our community made during the 2022 Stewart’s Holiday Match campaign! With your support, we can do the work that we do!

Thank you Ben Dawson!

Thank you Ben Dawson for building new props for the Rocky Horror Picture Show Fundraising Event! “I first learned about RISE through my wife, Judge Francine Vero. Francine works with RISE in her Community Outreach Court. Seeing how much effort the staff dedicates to the program inspired me to offer my help in any way… Read More

October 2023 Staff Recognitions

Please join us in congratulating the October 2023 Recognition Recipients! Rise to the Extra Mile Recognition The Rise to the Extra Mile Recognition is given to highly motivated individuals who go that extra mile in their job. Rise to the Extra Mile honorees get to park in a designated parking space at the RISE administration… Read More

Congratulations Liz Gregorek: October Staff on the Rise

“Liz is a very quick learner and exhibits and exceptional work ethic.” Please join us in congratulating Elizabeth Gregorek, Community Residence Case Manager at Hedgerow House, as the recipient of the October Staff on the Rise recognition. Julianne Thomas, Hedgerow House Program Director says, “Liz, who started at Hedgerow House in February 2023, came in… Read More

Let’s do the Time Warp Again!

We see you shivering in antici…pation! RISE is pleased to announce our annual premiere fundraising event taking place on Friday, October 27, 2023, turning the Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs into Dr. Frank N. Furter’s mansion. We invited you to take part in the fun by becoming a RHPS Sponsor or RHPS Honorary Committee… Read More

RISE Opens First Intensive Crisis Residence of its Kind in Saratoga Springs

This article was published in The Saratogian.   A project five years in the making is near completion, with RISE Housing & Support Services hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new intensive crisis residence. SunRISE Retreat is the first residence of its kind in the Capital Region, the second one in the entire state, and… Read More

SunRISE Retreat Ribbon Cutting

RISE cut the ceremonial ribbon on at SunRISE Retreat – our new Intensive Crisis Residence. This will be the first residence of its kind in the Capital Region. Representatives from the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner, Senator Jim Tedisco, The City of Saratoga Springs, MayorRon Kim, Dr. Michael Prezioso, Commissioner of the… Read More

August 2023 Staff Recognitions

Please join us in congratulating the August 2023 Recognition Recipients! Rise to the Extra Mile Recognition The Rise to the Extra Mile Recognition is given to highly motivated individuals who go that extra mile in their job. Rise to the Extra Mile honorees get to park in a designated parking space at the RISE administration… Read More

Congratulations Brooke Ackerknecht: August 2023 Staff on the Rise

Please join us in congratulating Brooke Ackerknecht, Senior Youth Care Manger, as the recipient of the August Staff on the Rise recognition and for receiving her Master of Science in Forensic Psychology with Distinction in May of this year. Brooke, who previously worked in Youth Care Management in 2021, returned to RISE in February 2022… Read More